"Our subject, Linnaeus Baker, had the usual common school education in his native county, and then attended Wabash College, at Crawfordsville, Ind., but only stayed at that instituition (sic) for three years. After leaving there he worked at farming, solicited life insurance, and was elected deputy sheriff from 1886 to 1890, and then returned to farming. He was later elected trustee of Washington township and served in that capacity six years. In 1900 Mr. Baker was elected chief of the Frankfort police and since that time he has made an enviable record, both from the standpoint of efficiency and of honest, moral service.
On March 22, 1879 Mr. Baker was married to Dora B. Fields, of Oxford. Ohio, who was born there October 13, 1855. He suffered the loss of this wife by death on July 3, 1912, and was left with the care of one daughter, Agnes, who is a graduate of the local high school and is now attending the Western Female Seminary at Oxford, 0. Mr. Baker had one other daughter, Flora, who died in the year 1897.
Fraternally, Mr. Baker is a member of the Masonic Order, having attain the third degree. He is a Past Master of Vesta Lodge, I36, of Jefferson. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, and is Past Chancellor of the same, and member of the grand lodge of Indiana. Socially, Mr. Baker is a very pleasant man to meet and it is not hard to understand why his friends are so numerous. His affability and courteous treatment of everyone is a means of insuring a place of admiration and esteem in the hearts of Frankfort people." - Clinton County Biographies
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On March 22, 1879 Mr. Baker was married to Dora B. Fields, of Oxford. Ohio, who was born there October 13, 1855. He suffered the loss of this wife by death on July 3, 1912, and was left with the care of one daughter, Agnes, who is a graduate of the local high school and is now attending the Western Female Seminary at Oxford, 0. Mr. Baker had one other daughter, Flora, who died in the year 1897.
Fraternally, Mr. Baker is a member of the Masonic Order, having attain the third degree. He is a Past Master of Vesta Lodge, I36, of Jefferson. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, and is Past Chancellor of the same, and member of the grand lodge of Indiana. Socially, Mr. Baker is a very pleasant man to meet and it is not hard to understand why his friends are so numerous. His affability and courteous treatment of everyone is a means of insuring a place of admiration and esteem in the hearts of Frankfort people." - Clinton County Biographies
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Linneaus married a second time, to .
"Our subject, Linnaeus Baker, had the usual common school education in his native county, and then attended Wabash College, at Crawfordsville, Ind., but only stayed at that instituition (sic) for three years. After leaving there he worked at farming, solicited life insurance, and was elected deputy sheriff from 1886 to 1890, and then returned to farming. He was later elected trustee of Washington township and served in that capacity six years. In 1900 Mr. Baker was elected chief of the Frankfort police and since that time he has made an enviable record, both from the standpoint of efficiency and of honest, moral service.
On March 22, 1879 Mr. Baker was married to Dora B. Fields, of Oxford. Ohio, who was born there October 13, 1855. He suffered the loss of this wife by death on July 3, 1912, and was left with the care of one daughter, Agnes, who is a graduate of the local high school and is now attending the Western Female Seminary at Oxford, 0. Mr. Baker had one other daughter, Flora, who died in the year 1897.
Fraternally, Mr. Baker is a member of the Masonic Order, having attain the third degree. He is a Past Master of Vesta Lodge, I36, of Jefferson. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, and is Past Chancellor of the same, and member of the grand lodge of Indiana. Socially, Mr. Baker is a very pleasant man to meet and it is not hard to understand why his friends are so numerous. His affability and courteous treatment of everyone is a means of insuring a place of admiration and esteem in the hearts of Frankfort people." - Clinton County Biographies
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Linneaus married a second time, to .
On March 22, 1879 Mr. Baker was married to Dora B. Fields, of Oxford. Ohio, who was born there October 13, 1855. He suffered the loss of this wife by death on July 3, 1912, and was left with the care of one daughter, Agnes, who is a graduate of the local high school and is now attending the Western Female Seminary at Oxford, 0. Mr. Baker had one other daughter, Flora, who died in the year 1897.
Fraternally, Mr. Baker is a member of the Masonic Order, having attain the third degree. He is a Past Master of Vesta Lodge, I36, of Jefferson. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, and is Past Chancellor of the same, and member of the grand lodge of Indiana. Socially, Mr. Baker is a very pleasant man to meet and it is not hard to understand why his friends are so numerous. His affability and courteous treatment of everyone is a means of insuring a place of admiration and esteem in the hearts of Frankfort people." - Clinton County Biographies
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